Abyssinian shrivelfig
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Plants • Potion ingredients
The Abyssinian shrivelfig is a magical plant used in potions. Read MoreAcacia creates tricky wands• Quote
“I keep only a small stock for those witches or wizards of sufficient subtlety, for acacia is not suited to what is commonly known as ‘bangs-and-smells’ magic.”… Read MoreAccidental Magic Reversal Squad
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Ministry of Magic
The Accidental Magic Reversal Squad is a division of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes at the Ministry of Magic. This team is the first on the scene when a magical accident or catastrophe occurs. Read MoreAcid Pops
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Sweets
Acid Pops are a sweet sold at Honeydukes in Hogsmeade (PA10). Read More Ageing Potion
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Potions
Ageing Potion causes the person drinking it to grow older. The more one drinks, the more one ages. Read More
Age Line
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Magical effects
An Age Line is a thin golden line drawn on a floor which affects anyone too young to cross it. Read MoreAlberic Grunnion• Character
Alberic Grunnion was the inventor of the Dungbomb (FW). His Chocolate Frog card was one of the ones Harry received on his first journey to Hogwarts (PS6). Read MoreAlbert Runcorn• Character
Albert Runcorn was a tall, bearded wizard who works for the Ministry of Magic. He unwittingly played a part in Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s infiltration of the Ministry when Hermione gave him a Nosebleed Nougat, convinced him to go home, and took some of his hairs to add to… Read MoreAlbus Dumbledore Remembered (Obituary)
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Headlines and advertisements • Historical events
Albus Dumbledore Remembered is an obituary written by a life-long friend of Dumbledore, Elphias Doge, who attended Hogwarts with him as a child (DH2, DH8). Read More
Animagus Transfiguration
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Magical effects
Animagus Transfiguration is the magical process of taking on the form of an animal, or afterward, reverting back again to human form. The animal form is sometimes referred to as the witch or wizard’s Animagus form. Animagi See the Animagus entry for further details about wizarding folk who can perform… Read MoreAnnual International Wizard Gardening Competition
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Sports and competitions
The Annual International Wizard Gardening Competition is a yearly competition held for wizards worldwide to show off their Herbology skills (DP1). This includes an event entry for Contorting Cereals, which has caused confusion for Muggles who see the results, calling them ‘crop circles‘. A report from a… Read MoreAnti-Cheating quill
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Magical objects
Students at Hogwarts are given quills charmed with Anti-Cheating spells for doing written exams. (PS16)… Read More
Anti-Gravity Mist
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Magical effects
Anti-Gravity Mist is a Charm which creates an innocent-looking golden mist that hovers above the ground. A person stepping into this mist immediately finds that up and down have reversed and they are hanging from the ground over the endless sky. Read More
Revealing Charm
— "Aparecium"
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Spells
The Revealing Charm makes invisible ink become visible. … Read More
Apparition
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Spells
Apparition is an advanced spell used by fully trained witches and wizards to disappear from one place and appear almost instantly somewhere else. A person who uses this spell is referred to as an Apparator. Apparition is typically cast non-verbally. No one can Apparate or Disapparate inside Hogwarts because of… Read More"Arresto Momentum"
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Incantations
Arresto Momentum is an incantation that slows the speed or stops a falling object or person to keep them from harm. Read More
arrows (wand arrows)
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Magical effects
Shoots arrows out of a wand. … Read MoreArtwork at Hogwarts
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Art and Culture
Various types of artwork are displayed in the halls of Hogwarts, including paintings and sculptures. Many if not all of these are magical and are animated in some way. Apparently there are no art classes at Hogwarts, although Dean Thomas is known for being a good artist. … Read More
Atmospheric Charm
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Spells
Atmospheric Charms affect the weather inside Ministry of Magic headquarters in London. When Hermione and Ron infiltrated the Ministry in disguise during the Voldemort regime, Ron’s alter-ego Reginald Cattermole was supposed to stop the rain that was falling in the office of Yaxley the Death Eater. Hermione whispers to him… Read MoreBertram Aubrey• Character
Hogwarts student, 1970s James Potter and Sirius Black once received detention for hexing Aubrey and causing his head to grow twice its normal size (HBP24). Harry learned about it when Snape gave him a detention and made him copy-over Mr. Filch’s filing cabinet cards. Read MoreAutomatic typewriters
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Communication
In the basement of MACUSA headquarters in New York, there at least one hundred automatic typewriters on the unmanned desks. Read More